Global Market Comments August 31, 2009 SPECIAL ??CHEAP THINGS TO BUY? ISSUE Featured Trades: (CHK), (XTO), (SWN), (HK), (WHEAT), (WZ09) 1) Note to self. Don?t do your midnight pee next to the bear box. They?re called that for a reason. And I?m sorry that my shouting at the hungry, six foot tall black bear standing in
Global Market Comments August 21, 2009Featured Trades: (NATURAL GAS), (UNG), (LITHIUM), (OPTT), (HANG SENG), ($HSI)1) Many traders are staring at their screens with rapt attention to see if natural gas can hold the new seven year low of $3. If it does, you can expect an explosive rally back to $3.50. If it doesn?t, the
Global Market Comments August 19, 2009SPECIAL DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUEFeatured Trades: (VIETNAM), (VNM), (POPULATION PYRAMIDS)1)Desperate homeowners counting on a 'V' shaped recovery in residential real estate prices better first take a close look at global demographic data, which tells us there will be no recovery at all. I have been using the US Census Bureau's population pyramids
Global Market Comments August 18, 2009 Featured Trades: (SPX), (T), (SILVER)1) Wow! One triple digit move down in the Dow, and all of a sudden, everyone is bearish.? Once invisible falling home prices, soaring deficits, bogus corporate earnings, catatonic consumers, a crashing Shanghai market, and a suicidal Baltic Dry Shipping Index? are now staring nervous
Global Market Comments August 17, 2009Featured Trades: (SUGAR), (CRUDE), (NATURAL GAS), (CHK)1) I?m sorry I?m late with my letter today, but the lady in front of me in line at MacDonald?s (MCD) with the four screaming kids maxed out all four of her credit cards buying some hamburgers and happy toys. Her new SUV with
Global Market Comments August 14, 2009Featured Trades: (GG), (GOLD), (BRAZIL), ($BVSP), (EWZ) 1) Charles Jeannes, CEO of Goldcorp (GG) (visit their website ) sees an all time high for the yellow metal of $1,050 by the end of the year. His Canadian company is the world's leading low cost, unhedged producer of the barbaric relic,
Global Market Comments August 13, 2009?Featured Trades: (SHANGHAI), ($SSEC), (BALTIC DRY INDEX), ($BDI), (XTO), (NATURAL GAS), ($NATGAS), (UNG), (SPX)? 1) Traders are keeping a laser eye focus on two bellwether markets, which are starting to roll over like a cheap date.? The red hot Shanghai stock market has dropped 10% in the past few weeks, putting
Global Market Comments August 12, 2009 Featured Trades: (GMGMQ), (TM)1) GM says that its new Volt hybrid will get an unbelievable 230 miles per gallon for a 300 mile range when it is introduced at the end of 2010. Does this mean it only has a two gallon gas tank? The $40,000 car will use
Global Market Comments August 11, 2009 Featured Trades: (NATURAL GAS), (UNG), (BYD)1) Welcome to the ?square root? shaped recovery. That is the likely shape of the recovery curve we can expect over the coming years. If you back out what I call the ?2000?s fluff? of excess car production, liar loans, using the home ATM
Global Market Comments August 10, 2009 Featured Trades: (SHANGHAI), ($SSEC), (UUP), (USO), (SPX), (TBT)1) The Mad Hedge Fund Trader will be presenting a lecture to San Francisco?s prestigious Commonwealth Club of California at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. It is entitled Does America Have a Future? I will give a brief history of